Fountain water-cooler.



H. G. -CORDLEY.

FOUNTAIN WATER COOLER. APPLICATIQN FILED FEB. 21. 1918.

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HENRY G. CORDLEY, 0F GLEN RIDGE, NEW JERSEY.

FOUNTAIN WATER-COOLER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 18, 1919.

Applicationfiled February 21, 1918. Serial No. 218,603.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY G. CORDLEY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Glen Ridge, in the county of Essex, State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fountain Water-Coolers, of which the following is a description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part hereof.

My inventlon relates to water coolers and has for its object to provide a simple compact and practical device, particularly adapted for office use, for cooling drinking water supplied from the water service system as it flows from a bubble drinking nozzle.

With the above described object and other objects hereinafter described in view my invention consists in the construction-and'combination of elements hereinafter set forth and particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings Figure 1 is a central vertical sectional view of a cooler embodying my invention.

Fig. 2 is a cross sectional view on line 22 of Fig. 1 and Fig. 3 is a detail view of valve operating means.

In the drawings 1 indicates an ice container preferably cylindrical in form with bottom 2 and removable cover 3, the cover being preferablyformed in two parts and having a central openin 4. The bottom 2 also has a central opening through which extends the lower portion 5 of a casting of which the upper portion 6 extends laterally in both directions from the center and is supported by the bottom. Through this upper portion 6 of the casting extend in opposite directions passages 7 and 8 the passage 7 extending downward through the lower portion 5 and having at its lower end a suitable screw thread for connecting a supply pipe9 leading from the water service pipe of the building in which the cooler is to be used. At its upper end this passage 7 is suitably screwthreaded to receive the lower end of a pipe coil 10 which extends upward preferably near the walls of the ice container, to a point near its upper end when it extends inward as shown at 11 to the center of the ice container and then upward carrying on its upper end a bubblernozzle 12 controlled by a valve" 13. The bowl 14 ofthe bubbler is connected at its base with a tube 15 which extendsupward in the center of the ice container from the upper portion 6 of the casting. The inwardly extending portion 11 of the pipe extends into this tube 15 as shown and the vertical portion 16 carrying the hub blir nozzle in its upper end lies within the tu e.

The tube 15 is in communication at its lower end with apassage 17 extending downward through the upper portion 6 and the lower portion 5 of the casting which passage is in communication at its lower end with a drain pipe 18 leading to the drainage system of the building.

The ice container :in use will be filled with broken'ice and will cool the water in the pipe coil 10 coming from the water supply system through the supply pipe 9 and the cooled water will flow from the bubbler nozzle 12, the valve 13 being opened when any one wants to drink from the nozzle.

The passage 8 extends from the central passage 17 in the casting outward to the periphery of the upper portion 6 of the casting and is turned downward at its outer end so that its inlet is near the bottom of the ice container. Theinner end of this passage 8 is cont-rolled by a slide valve 20 arranged to be operated by a rod 21 extending upward in the tube 15 and having its upper end 22 bent outward through a slot 23 in the side of the tube in position to be operated by hand.

When the valve 20 is opened the water from the melted ice will be drained through this passage 8 into the passage 17.

The bottom 2 of the ice container 1 is supported on tray 25 which has its outer edge turned up to catch any moisture which may condense on the outer surface of the ice container. This tray is here shown as formed in one piece with a bracket 26 which is adapted to be secured to the wall of a room. The tray may, of course, be formed separate from the bracket. The tray has a central opening through which the lower portion 5 of the casting extends. The bracket 26 carries below the tray a. ring or annular plate 27 which also has a central opening for the lower end of the lower portion 5 of the casting. This ring or annular plate is spaced from the tray by arms 28. On the ring or annular plate 27 rest arms 29 dependlng from a ring 30 for supporting the central portion of the bottom 2 of'the ice container. A packing ring 31 of suitable material, such as soft rubber, is arranged between the bottom 2 and the upper portion 6 of the casting and a similar packing ring 32 is arranged between. the under surface of the bottom 2 and the ring 30.

A nut 33 fits a screw thread on the lower end of the portion 5 of the: casting and bears against the under surface of ring or annular plate 27 and serves to draw the casting downward to compress the packing rings 31 and 32 and thus prevent leakage of water from the container. I

Then it is desired to draw oil the water from the ice container the handle 22 ispulled upward lifting the slide valve21 and por mitting water to flow through passa e 8 into passage 17 to prevent water from owing into the ice container through slot 23 the handle 22 is provided with a guardplate 24: covering the slot. v

The tray and the ring 27 maybe supported by brackets or supports other than the bracket 26 shown it being necessary only that the tray and containerbefi'rmly supported in such a way that suitable connection of supply pipe 9 may be made with the water supply system and of course the device is to be supported at such a height that.

persons of ordinary stature may readily reach the bubble nozzle 12 to drinkfrom it.

Having thus describedmy invention what I claim is:

l. A water cooler comprising an ice container, a vertical tube extending through the top of the ice container, a pipe coil in the ice container connected at one end with. a water supply and having its other end extending into and upward within the vertical tube and having a bubbler nozzle at its upper end, the vertical tube being in communication at 7 its lower end with awaste pipe.

2. A water cooler comprising an ice con tainer, a vertical tube extending through the top of the ice container, a pipe coil in the ice container connected atone end with a water supply and having its other end extending into and upward within the vertical tube and having a bubbler nozzle at its upper end, the vertical tube being in communication at its lower end with a waste pipe and a valve controlled passage leading from the interior of the ice container near its bottom into the waste pipe.

3. A water cooler comprising an ice container, a vertical tube extending upward base with the vertical tube, the vertical tube being in communication at its lower end with a wastepipe, an outlet passage in communication with the Waste pipe, leading from the ice container, a valve for said outlet passage and a rod for operating the valve extending upward within the vertical tube.

4. A water cooler comprising an ice container, a vertical tube extending through the top of the ice container, having a bowl at its upper end, a pipe coil within the ice container, having a bubbler nozzle at its upper end within the bowl carried by the vertical tube, a casting having anupperportion resting onthe' bottom of theice container and supporting the verticaltube and having a lower portion extending through; the bottom of the ice containerand having a vertical passage extending through the upper and lower portionsincommunication with the vertical tubes, said casting having formed supporting the vertical tube and having a lower portion extending through: the bottom of the ice container and having a vertical passageextending throughtthe upper and lower portions incommunication withthe vertical tubes, said casting havingformed therein a passage adapted at. one end-to have one end of the pipe coil connected therewith and adapted at the otherend to havea water supply pipe connected therewith, a support for the ice container and means tor securing the ice container to the support.

6. A water cooler comprising an ice container, a vertical tube extending throughv the top of the ice container, having a bowlat its upper end, a pipe coil withinthe ice container, having a bubbler nozzle at itsup er end within the bowl carried by-the vertlcal tube, a casting having an upper portion resting onthe bottom of the ice containera-nd supporting the vertical tube and having a lower portion extending-through the bottom of theice container andha'ving a vertical passage extending through the upper and lower portions in communication with the vertical tubes, said casting having formed passage leading through the upper portion therein a passage adapted at one end to have of the casting into the vertical passage and a one end of the pipe coil connected therewith valve within the vertical passage controlling 10 and adapted at the other end to have a water the drainage passage.

5 supply pipe connected therewith, a support In testimony whereof I affix my signature for the ice container and means for securing this second day of February, 1918.

the ice container to the support, a drainage HENRY G. CORDLEY.

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